Ocean City: Dry and happy about it for 146 years
There are dozens of cities, towns and municipalities throughout the country where the sale of alcohol is prohibited. In Pennsylvania alone, it’s been reported that over 2,500 municipalities are “dry,” to one degree or another. In this area the best-known dry town is...
The Shore Mall: The shopping mecca that used to be
There was a time when shopping malls were thriving all over the country. In New Jersey, circa 1968, the following malls were open for business: Cherry Hill Mall, Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, Menlo Park Mall in Edison, Moorestown Mall, Bergen Town Center and Garden...
Remembering Atlantic City’s small but mighty Steeplechase Pier
It may have existed in the shadows of the Steel Pier, and it was smaller than the Million Dollar Pier, but during its 86-year existence, roughly from 1900 to 1986, Atlantic City’s Steeplechase Pier was one heck of an amusement pier. Located on the Boardwalk, between...
Prohibition: When Atlantic City was wide open
On Jan. 17, 1920, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, a law that banned “the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States,” went into effect several months after it was ratified under the aegis of President Woodrow Wilson. “The...
